Community Information Session May 22, 2017

. Adam Aaronson │ GW │ Director, Campus Development Management . Garrett Klassy │ GW │ Senior Associate Athletic Director . Richard Salopek │ Bowie Gridley Architects │ Principal Background

In September 2011, Arlington County and The George Washington University entered into a 20-year agreement under which GW designed and constructed new baseball facilities at Barcroft Park Field #6.

Upgrades included: . Installation of synthetic turf field . Scoreboard . Upgraded dugouts . Press box . Bullpens . Concession area . Outdoor Batting Cages . Spectator seating . Site lighting . Public Restrooms

1 Background

. The agreement for Barcroft #6 improvements required that GW spend no less than $3,000,000 on field upgrades and improvements to help create more of a “ballpark” atmosphere. . GW’s investment in the initial improvements exceeded $5,000,000

. Since the completion of the improvements, GW’s NCAA Division I Men’s Baseball team and several Arlington County diamond field user groups have utilized and benefitted from the upgrades made at Barcroft Park Field #6.

2 Background

. Barcroft Park Field #6 is located on South Four Mile Run Drive at the western end of Barcroft Park.

. Field #6 is one of four 90-ft baseball diamonds in Arlington County, and is currently the only synthetic diamond field in the county. The diamond field located at Gunston is currently in the design phase, and will be synthetic turf in the near future.

3 Background

Significant Events . 2015 Atlantic 10 Baseball Tournament . All-Star Babe Ruth State Tournament . 2015 . 2017

4 Planning for the Future

. In addition to the initial facility improvements made by GW, the existing agreement outlined that “the design should allow for the addition of team locker rooms and a club house in the future.”

. GW first approached the County in 2015 to outline their goals for construction of a clubhouse facility.

5 Funding

. For the past several years, GW has been working to secure funding from both university and philanthropic sources to support the locker room/clubhouse facility project.

. Over this time, it became clear that enclosed, year-round indoor batting tunnels would significantly enhance Barcroft Park.

. As a result, with funding now in place, GW desires to move forward to construct a new clubhouse as well as an enclosure for the existing outdoor batting cages at Barcroft Park.

6 Project Scope

. One-story 6,200 SF clubhouse building located to the east of the entry gate (opposite the existing restroom building) including locker room, showers, laundry, office and team space, and two indoor batting tunnels

. 3,240 SF enclosure for existing outdoor batting cages

. GW will be responsible for all costs associated with the design and construction of the new clubhouse and batting tunnel enclosure, currently estimated at over $3,000,000

7 Clubhouse & Enclosed Batting Enclosure: Concept

AERIAL VIEW 8 Clubhouse & Enclosed Batting Enclosure: Concept

SITE PLAN 9 Clubhouse & Enclosed Batting Enclosure: Concept

FLOOR PLAN 10 Clubhouse & Enclosed Batting Enclosure: Concept

11 Clubhouse & Enclosed Batting Enclosure: Concept

12 Clubhouse & Enclosed Batting Enclosure: Concept

13 Clubhouse & Enclosed Batting Enclosure: Concept

14 Clubhouse & Enclosed Batting Enclosure: Concept

15 Community Benefits

Arlington County non-profit youth diamond field user groups will benefit from use of the new indoor batting tunnels and the enclosure for the existing batting cages.

. Groups will schedule up to 275 hours of use in the clubhouse through the Department of Parks and Recreation . Existing cages to be used outside of GW’s games and practices . There are currently no covered batting cages or indoor batting tunnels operated by Parks and Recreation

16 Continued Partnership

. In addition to funding and constructing the facility upgrades, GW is also seeking to extend the current twenty-year agreement with Arlington County for an additional ten years.

. The continued partnership will ensure that Barcroft Park Field #6 remains an outstanding facility for years to come.

17 Timeline

May 2017: Presentations to community members, Park and Recreation Commission, and Sports Commission June 2017: Presentation to the County Board Summer 2017: Complete design/permitting Fall 2017: Begin construction Fall 2018: Construction complete

. Use of Tucker Field will continue throughout the duration of construction of the clubhouse facility and batting tunnel enclosure. . Minimal parking will be affected throughout the project duration; it is expected that 10‐15 parking spaces will be used for construction lay down.

18 Questions